so_far_so_fast
03-11-2004, 08:28 AM
>Look into my eyes
>And tell me what you see
>You don't see a damn thing,
>'cause you can't possibly relate to me.
>
>
>
>You're blinded by our differences.
>My life makes no sense to you.
>I'm the persecuted Palestinian.
>You are the American red, white and blue.
>
>
>
>Each day you wake in tranquility.
>No fears to cross your eyes.
>Each day I wake in gratitude.
>Thanking God he let me rise.
>
>
>
>You worry about your education
>And the bills you have to pay.
>I worry about my vulnerable life
>And if I'll survive another day.
>
>
>
>Your biggest fear is getting ticketed
>As you cruise your Cadillac.
>My fear is that the tank that just left
>Will turn around and come back.
>
>
>
>America, do you realize,
>That the taxes that you pay
>Feed the forces that traumatize
>My every living day?
>
>
>
>The bulldozers and the tanks,
>The gases and the guns,
>The bombs that fall outside my door,
>All due to American funds.
>
>
>
>Yet do you know the truth
>Of where your money goes?
>Do you let your media deceive your mind?
>Is this a truth that no one knows?
>
>
>
>You blame me for defending myself
>Against the ways of Zionists
>I'm terrorized in my own land
>And I'm the terrorist?
>
>
>
>You think that you know all about terrorism
>But you don't know it the way I do.
>So let me define the term for you.
>And teach you what you thought you knew.
>
>
>
>I've known terrorism for quite some time,
>Fifty- four years and more.
>It's the fruitless garden uprooted in my yard.
>It's the bulldozer in front of my door.
>
>
>
>Terrorism breathes the air I breathe.
>It's the checkpoint on my way to school.
>It's the curfew that jails me in my own home,
>And the penalties of breaking that curfew rule.
>
>
>
>Terrorism is the robbery of my land.
>And the torture of my mother.
>The imprisonment of my innocent father.
>The bullet in my baby brother.
>
>
>
>So America, don't tell me you know about
>The things I feel and see.
>I'm terrorized in my own land
>And the blame is put on me.
>
>
>
>But I will not rest, I shall never settle
>For the injustice my people endure.
>Palestine is OUR land and there we'll remain
>Until the day OUR homeland is secure.
>
>
>
>And if that time shall never come,
>Then they will never see a day of peace.
>I will not be thrown from my own home,
>Nor will the fight for justice cease.
>
>
>
>And if I am killed, it will be for Falasteen.
>It's written in my breath.
>So in your own patriotic words,
>Give me liberty or give me death.
plz read it and send it to all ur amercain friends
:vereymad: :vereymad: :vereymad: :vereymad:
>And tell me what you see
>You don't see a damn thing,
>'cause you can't possibly relate to me.
>
>
>
>You're blinded by our differences.
>My life makes no sense to you.
>I'm the persecuted Palestinian.
>You are the American red, white and blue.
>
>
>
>Each day you wake in tranquility.
>No fears to cross your eyes.
>Each day I wake in gratitude.
>Thanking God he let me rise.
>
>
>
>You worry about your education
>And the bills you have to pay.
>I worry about my vulnerable life
>And if I'll survive another day.
>
>
>
>Your biggest fear is getting ticketed
>As you cruise your Cadillac.
>My fear is that the tank that just left
>Will turn around and come back.
>
>
>
>America, do you realize,
>That the taxes that you pay
>Feed the forces that traumatize
>My every living day?
>
>
>
>The bulldozers and the tanks,
>The gases and the guns,
>The bombs that fall outside my door,
>All due to American funds.
>
>
>
>Yet do you know the truth
>Of where your money goes?
>Do you let your media deceive your mind?
>Is this a truth that no one knows?
>
>
>
>You blame me for defending myself
>Against the ways of Zionists
>I'm terrorized in my own land
>And I'm the terrorist?
>
>
>
>You think that you know all about terrorism
>But you don't know it the way I do.
>So let me define the term for you.
>And teach you what you thought you knew.
>
>
>
>I've known terrorism for quite some time,
>Fifty- four years and more.
>It's the fruitless garden uprooted in my yard.
>It's the bulldozer in front of my door.
>
>
>
>Terrorism breathes the air I breathe.
>It's the checkpoint on my way to school.
>It's the curfew that jails me in my own home,
>And the penalties of breaking that curfew rule.
>
>
>
>Terrorism is the robbery of my land.
>And the torture of my mother.
>The imprisonment of my innocent father.
>The bullet in my baby brother.
>
>
>
>So America, don't tell me you know about
>The things I feel and see.
>I'm terrorized in my own land
>And the blame is put on me.
>
>
>
>But I will not rest, I shall never settle
>For the injustice my people endure.
>Palestine is OUR land and there we'll remain
>Until the day OUR homeland is secure.
>
>
>
>And if that time shall never come,
>Then they will never see a day of peace.
>I will not be thrown from my own home,
>Nor will the fight for justice cease.
>
>
>
>And if I am killed, it will be for Falasteen.
>It's written in my breath.
>So in your own patriotic words,
>Give me liberty or give me death.
plz read it and send it to all ur amercain friends
:vereymad: :vereymad: :vereymad: :vereymad: